Category Archives: Writing

When God closes a door, He’ll open a window. I’ve heard that saying A LOT over the past four months. Of course, it is easier to walk through a door than climb through a window. Really. Climbing through windows is … Continue reading →

Dream jobs are like dreams.  They don’t last forever. But another one will come along.

AMC played “The Shawshank Redemption” four nights in a row this week. I watched it twice. And wished I had seen it the other times as well. There is no finer movie about the power of hope floating around Basic … Continue reading →

Three times I’ve badly stumbled.  And three times it has turned into a major blessing.  It’s funny how life is like that. Stumble #1: When I graduated from college (with honors), I ended up as a high school janitor.  The … Continue reading →

Don’t need to turn on the TV to find out if it is a snow day. No, sir. I just wake up and there are my boys, fully dressed and ready to go outside.  At 5:45 a.m. Yes, these are … Continue reading →

Back before I was made part-time, my schedule was pretty consistent.  I would get up, read, go to work, develop ideas, draw them and then go home. Some days I’d also speak and do other work in the community. But … Continue reading →

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of reading a couple of books to a group of kids and parents.  I was invited by Channel 12’s Ellen Skrmetti to join local celebrities Malcolm White, Robert St. John and Louis Bruno at the … Continue reading →

I’m one of those kind of employees that will lie down in front of a truck for someone who believes in me.  Appreciate the work I do and I’ll move mountains. Heck, I’m that way as a person. Let me … Continue reading →